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Following the announcement from the company on Wednesday 8 July, which outlined changes to the future operating model and organisation within E.ON UK, we want to assure you that we will be in regular dialogue with the company to understand how this will affect our members. Concerns have been raised around the transition to E.ON Next, especially […]
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The first set of meetings took place this week between the trade unions and the business to discuss company proposals to attack member’s terms and conditions of employment. The business spent time at the meetings outlining why it needed to make sweeping changes. These reasons largely related to the financial state of the business. We […]
Health and Safety has been at the forefront of our minds over the last few months. The UNISON health and Safety reps have carried out inspections at the various sites alongside management and facilities, to make the workplace as safe as possible for when people return. We will continue to and engage with the company, […]
Since the government furlough scheme was introduced back in March, E.ON has topped up wages for all affected employees to 100%. The company have committed to top up wages to 100% throughout July, but will revert to the government scheme from 1st August. This means furloughed employees will only be paid 80% of their wages from […]
Responding to plans published today (Thursday) by the government for the full return of schools from September, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Everyone wants all children to return to the classroom as soon as possible. There are still issues, though, around staffing and safety. “Test and trace must get a whole lot better for social […]
The Branch has now held two stewards’ meetings following the company’s announcement of some 5,000 redundancies and they are signalling that they want to change terms and conditions of employment. In addition to which the Branch has been represented at the British Gas sector committee meetings. The union will be undertaking a significant amount of […]